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Guy Walters

@guywalters

Guy Walters is a British author, historian, and journalist, who can currently be seen on the Netflix series 'How to Become a Tyrant'. He is the author and editor of nine books on the Second World War, including war thrillers, and a historical analysis of the Berlin Olympic Games.

<p>Trudeau and the former prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern at Windsor Castle in 2018 </p>
Americas

Justin Trudeau’s fall from grace shows politics is an ugly game

<p>What these heinous characters leave behind also tell us something else about the mindset of men like Bashar al-Assad</p>
World

Dictators who build the biggest bunkers have the most fragile minds

<p>The company was swindled out of 950 cheeses weighing some 22 tonnes </p>
Features

Why £300k worth of English cheddar might fall into Russian hands

<p>A woman observes a memorial put up for the innocent people killed by Hamas on October 07 </p>
Middle East

October 7: The day horror came to the kibbutz

<p>The newly elected prime minister and his wife Victoria greet crowds outside No 10 </p>
Home News

History will see this election as new political era, not a Labour dawn

<p>A boy on a poster used by the Party of France, which is accompanied by the tagline: ‘Let’s give white children a future’</p>
World

Nazism is now hiding in plain sight – from posters to football chants

<p>Turf war: the sparring couple with their two-type lawn </p>
Lifestyle

Why ‘lawn wars’ is the new battleground of the sexes

<p>I spy: the intelligence Lise de Baissac gathered was vital to the Allies </p>
Home News

Forgotten heroes: The D-Day women who changed the course of history

<p>The British garrison welcomes the returning islanders who evacuated prior to the Nazi occupation in 1940</p>
Home News

Finally, the truth behind the Nazi concentration camp on British soil

<p>Bushell’s daring escape got the Hollywood treatment in 1963 with a revered screen adaptation </p>
Europe

The story of how the Gestapo murdered the hero of the Great Escape

<p>Standard training takes 12-18 weeks – Interflex recruits learn to fight in a fraction of the time</p>
UK

Inside the base where the army trains Ukrainians to be battle-ready

<p>Musk carries his son on his shoulders at Auschwitz, just metres from where thousands of Jewish prisoners were murdered </p>
World

Never forget: How I watched Elon Musk hoodwink the world at Auschwitz

<p>A royal welcome: Sarah, Duchess of York enjoys the warmth of schoolchildren in Burnley </p>
Royal Family News

Sarah Ferguson on cancer and her royal rehabilitation

Royal Family News

Sarah Ferguson on cancer and her royal rehabilitation

<p>A royal welcome: Sarah, Duchess of York enjoys the warmth of schoolchildren in Burnley </p>
<p>JFK was inaugurated at 43, while New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern was in her thirties</p>
Europe

Is a man the same age as Taylor Swift too young to lead a country?

<p>Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), wearing a blue jacket over a black dress, with Eton housemaster Dr Andrew Gailey, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Prince Charles outside Manor House on Prince William's first day at Eton College in Eton</p>
Lifestyle

How did Eton become the ultimate four-letter word not fit for a king?

News

Fergie goes to Burnley on a weight-loss mission

<p>Guy Walters went digging for Nazi gold after a treasure map came to light in the Netherlands </p>
History

I’m a historian and I know for certain where Nazi gold is hidden

<p>Guy Walters went digging for Nazi gold after a treasure map came to light in the Netherlands </p>
History

I’m a historian and I know for certain where Nazi gold is hidden

<p>Joaquin Phoenix plays Napoleon in a new film about the French ruler</p>
Features

‘Affairs, arrogance and a disdain for Brits: Napoleon was so French’

<p>Desert storm: Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from Ridley Scott’s historical drama ‘Napoleon’, which will be released in UK cinemas on 22 November </p>
World History

Murderous ego maniac or all-conquering hero? The real Napoleon

<p>Left to right: Ofer Kalderon, Yagel Jacob, Eitan Yahalomi, Noya Dan, Sahar Kalderon </p>
News

‘Imagine, for one minute, your child just disappears one day...’

<p>An Israeli soldier walks past a house destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be'eri </p>
Middle East

How the horror of Hamas – and Israel’s revenge – unfolded

<p>Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa celebrates after breaking the world record</p>
Athletics

Running on plenty: I love my ‘super shoes’ but they should be banned

<p>Daniel Khalife was subject to a 75-hour manhunt </p>
Long Reads

Daniel Khalife’s escape follows a rich history of prison breaks

<p>‘Particular people have always banked at Coutts’, including Emma Watson, Stormzy and Charles Dickens </p>
Long Reads

Cash and dishonours: an inglorious history of celebrity bank Coutts

<p>The only public proposal video I ever wish to see is one in which the woman says no</p>
Voices

Public marriage proposals aren’t romantic – they’re a form of coercion

<p>Daniel Khalife was subject to a 75-hour manhunt </p>
Long Reads

Daniel Khalife’s escape follows a rich history of prison breaks

<p>‘Particular people have always banked at Coutts’, including Emma Watson, Stormzy and Charles Dickens </p>
Long Reads

Cash and dishonours: an inglorious history of celebrity bank Coutts

<p>The only public proposal video I ever wish to see is one in which the woman says no</p>
Voices

Public marriage proposals aren’t romantic – they’re a form of coercion

<p>The face of a young survivor. Behind him stands the train on which he has been incarcerated for the past week, along with some 2,500 of his fellow Jews</p>
Long Reads

Footage of Holocaust miracle rescue unearthed for the first time

Long Reads

Footage of Holocaust miracle rescue unearthed for the first time

<p>The face of a young survivor. Behind him stands the train on which he has been incarcerated for the past week, along with some 2,500 of his fellow Jews</p>
<p>Commandant Oberst Schwalm, Germany comander on Alderney, surrenders to Brigadier Alfred Ernest Snow </p>
The Longer Read

It is time to expose the true horrors of the Nazi camp on British soil

<p>Physicist J Robert Oppenheimer was one of many scientists and administrators responsible for the development of the atomic bomb </p>
Long Reads

Was Oppenheimer really the ‘father’ of the atomic bomb?

<p>Mandy Rice-Davies with her friend Christine Keeler (right) at the height of the Profumo scandal </p>
Voices

Very dishonourable members: Profumo, politics and sexual sleaze

<p>Most historians agree that the rot started 101 years ago</p>
Voices

Boris Johnson’s resignation list is far from honourable

<p>Most historians agree that the rot started 101 years ago</p>
Voices

Boris Johnson’s resignation list is far from honourable

<p>Left: The breached Mohne Dam after the Dambusters raid on 17 May, 1943. Right: Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine, following this week’s attack </p><p></p>
Europe

Blowing up dams has been a brutal war tactic since Stalin

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